• Drivers of mangrove distribution at the high-energy, wave-dominated, southern African range limit 

  Raw, JL; Godbold, JA; Van Niekerk, Lara; Adams, JB (Elsevier, 2019-10)

  Mangrove distribution patterns at regional scales are influenced by additional factors besides temperature and rainfall regimes. This study identified abiotic drivers of mangrove area cover along the high-energy, wave-dominated ...
• Embedment of climatic effects in the road asset management process 

  Roux, Michael P; Verhaeghe, Benott MJ; Maritz, Johan; Arnold, Kathryn A; Le Roux, Alize (PIARC, 2019-10)

  The United Nations Environmental Programme describes the African continent as a ‘vulnerability hotspot’ for climate change. During the past four decades African countries have experienced more than 1 500 recorded weather-related ...
• Land restoration for achieving the sustainable development goals: An international resource panel think piece 

  Herrick, JE; Abrahamse, T; Abhilash, PC; Ali, SH; Alvarez-Torres, P; Barau, AS; Branquinho, C; Chhatre, A; Chotte, JL; Von Maltitz, Graham P (United Nations Environment Programme, 2019-09)

  Land restoration has tremendous potential to help the world limit climate change and achieve its aims for sustainable development. In its latest study, the International Resource Panel finds positive spin-offs to support ...
• Biogas Potential and Current Reality of Biowaste Management in South Africa 

  Oelofse, Suzanna HH (2019-07)

  This presentation discusses the challenges faced by managing biowaste in South Africa, and also offers solutions to introduce economically viable resources back into South Africa through recycling, reuse and energy recovery.
• Climate resilience through resource efficiency in smallholder vegetable production in South Africa 

  Musvoto, Constansia D (IEEE, 2019-10)

  Most of the vegetables grown in South Africa are irrigated. Smallholder vegetable farmers face water shortages and other constraints including low yields and high energy costs. This study sought to assist smallholder farmers ...
• Addressing climate change through reduction of food loss and waste 

  Oelofse, Suzanna HH (2019-05)

  Food waste is any food, and inedible parts of food, removed from the food supply chain to be recovered or disposed (incl. composted, crops ploughed in/not harvested, anaerobic digestion, bio-energy production, co-generation, ...
• A framework for sustainable utility scale renewable energy selection in South Africa 

  Naicker, Prisha; Thopil, GA (Elsevier, 2019-07)

  A range of varying criteria with trade-offs need consideration when selecting a suitable renewable energy technology (RET) for a specific area or location. In this study RETs in South Africa, in accordance with the national ...
• Climate change adaptation as a vehicle for SDG implementation: Experiences from small scale vegetable farming in South Africa 

  Musvoto, Constansia D (2018-06)

  South Africa has adopted a sustainable development path and this is guided by several country level strategies and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Agriculture is central to South Africa's sustainable ...
• A framework for assessing the risks and impacts of rural access roads to a changing climate 

  Le Roux, Alize; Khuluse-Makhanya, Sibusisiwe; Arnold, Kathryn A; Engelbrecht, Francois; Paige-Green, P; Verhaeghe, Benoit M (Elsevier, 2019-08)

  African communities are worst affected by climate-related natural disasters, in part due to high socio-economic vulnerability, natural resource dependency and low adaptive capacity. Climate resilient road infrastructure ...
• Compendium of community and indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation: Focus on addressing water scarcity in agriculture 

  Mwenge-Kahinda, Jean-Marc; Bahalokwibale, PM; Budaza, Nwabisa; Mavundla, Simtholile; Nohayi, Ngowenani N; Nortje, Karen; Boroto, RJ (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/CSIR, 2019-08)

  This report makes an inventory of indigenous and community adaptation practices across the world. The inventory was mainly done through literature review, field work and meetings with selected organisations. The case studies ...
• Modelling urban land change processes and patterns for climate change planning in the Durban metropolitan area, South Africa 

  Jagarnath, M; Thambiran, Tirusha; Gebreslasie, M (Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-04)

  Urbanization is one of the most significant and irreversible forms of land change, but we lack empirical evidence of these changes in the Global South. This is the first study to quantify past and explore future land change ...
• Optimal dates for assessing long-term changes in tree cover in the semi-arid biomes of South Africa using MODIS NDVI time series (2001-2018) 

  Cho, Moses A; Ramoelo, Abel (Elsevier, 2019-09)

  The varying proportions of tree and herbaceous cover in the grassland and savanna biomes of Southern Africa determine their capacity to provide ecosystem services. The asynchronous phenologies e.g. annual NDVI profiles of ...
• A regional project in support of the SADC cyber-infrastructure framework implementation: Weather and climate 

  Bopape, Mary-Jane M; Sithole, Happy M; Motshegwa, T; Rakate, E; Engelbrecht, F; Archer, E; Morgan, A; Ndimeni, L; Botai, J (Ubiquity press, 2019-07)

  Early warning systems in the areas of weather and climate for supporting decision making and strategic intervention in key sectors (e.g. water, health, energy, disaster risk management, and agriculture) rely on the use of ...
• A laboratory based exposure of Microcystis and Oscillatoria cyanobacterial isolates to heterotrophic bacteria 

  Ndlela, Luyanda L; Oberholster, Paul J; Van Wyk, JH; Cheng, Po Hsun (Elsevier, 2019-04)

  Biological control of cyanobacteria is a viable means of controlling nuisance bloom occurrences; however the majority of studies done are against Microcystis sp., with a commonly lytic effect caused. Filamentous cyano-bacteria ...
• Winter and summer distributions of Copper, Zinc and Nickel along the International GEOTRACES Section GIPY05: Insights into deep winter mixing 

  Cloete, R; Loock, JC; Mtshali, Thato; Fietz, S; Roychoudhury, AN (Elsevier, 2019-04)

  First measurements of labile dissolved copper (LdCu) and dissolved zinc (dZn) and nickel (dNi) in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean in winter are compared with summer data at reoccupied stations in order to better ...
• Phytoplankton response in growth, photophysiology and community structure to iron and light in the Polar Frontal Zone and Antarctic waters 

  Viljoen, JJ; Philibert, R; Van Horsten, Natasha R; Mtshali, Thato N; Roychoudhury, AN; Thomalla, Sandy J; Fietz, S (Elsevier, 2018-11)

  Availability of dissolved iron and light are both regulating factors for primary productivity in high (macro) nutrient, low chlorophyll regions of the Southern Ocean. Here, using on-board iron/light incubation experiments ...
• The Extreme Climate Index (ECI), a tool for monitoring regional extreme events 

  Malherbe, Johan; Iyahen, E; Engelbrecht, Francois A; Chamunorwa, M; Helmschrot, J (Klaus Hess Publishers, 2018)

  The Extreme Climate Index (ECI) is an objective, multi-hazard index capable of tracking changes in the frequency or magnitude of extreme weather events in Africa. The index is geared towards identifying broad-scale climate ...
• Integrated climatology and trends in the subtropical Hadley cell, sunshine duration and cloud cover over South Africa 

  Mahlobo, DD; Ndarana, T; Grab, S; Engelbrecht, Francois (Wiley, 2018-12)

  This study uses two methods to diagnose the local Hadley circulation; first the zonally averaged mass stream function, and second the stream function vector method. The two methods have been applied to the ERA-Interim ...
• Direct and indirect drivers of change in biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people 

  Nyingi, W; Oguge, N; Dziba, L; Chandipo, R; Didier, TA; Gandiwa, E; Kasiki, S; Kisanga, D; Kgosikoma, O; Von Maltitz, Graham P (Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 2018-12)

  Africa’s biodiversity and ecosystems are amongst the most vulnerable to climate change, with severe impacts already experienced on water availability and food production, thus affecting nature’s contributions to people ...
• The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa 

  Archer, Emma RM; Dziba, LE; Mulongoy, KJ; Maoela, Malebajoa A; Walters, Michele (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 2018)

  The Africa regional Assessment is the first of its kind for the continent and constitutes one of four Regional Assessments conducted under IPBES. This Assessment is a synthesis of the state of knowledge on biodiversity and ...

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